Thill-iron



No. 626,564. Patented lune 6, |899.

E. R. REA-MER.

THLL IRON.

(Application led Apr. 18, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT EETCE.,`

EDSON R. REALWIER, OF AMSTERDAM, NEV YORK.

THlLL-IRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626.564, dated June 6, 1899.

Application filed April 18,1899. Serial No. 713,474.

T0 all 1071.071@ t may concern:

Be it known that l, Epson R. Rennen, of Amsterdam, in the county of Montgomery, State of New York, have invent-ed certain new and useful Improvements in 'Phill-Irons, of which the following is acomplete specification, reference being had to the accompany ing drawings.9

The object of my invention isY to produce an improvement in thill-irons by Which the Wooden shafts or thills are united to the cross bar and hinged to the axle, respectively, whereby the irons may be originally fitted or subsequently repaired with facility and despatch Without heating after they are once made.

According to the methods in ordinary use, a Wagon -maker, especially in repairing a broken thilliron, must Weld the broken parts together and t the iron to the wood after the Welding process. In order to do this,it becomes necessary to apply the heated iron repeatedly against the Wood or in close proximity thereto in order to adjust the proportions and cause the holes in the refashioned iron to register with the holes in the shafts. The application of the hot iron to the Wood destroys any finish that the Wood may possess and makes it necessary after a repair job to refinish the shaft. By my invention it is proposed to secure as perfect and rigid a fit between the several parts of the thilliron as it Would be possible to secure by welding the parts together, but through the employment of members Which may be assembled, disassembled, and reassembled or in the use of which a new part may be substituted for an old as often as occasion may require Without the employment of heat or Without the necessity of any reiitting of the parts eX- cept' such asl may be performed upon the cold metal by the use of ordinary tools.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a perspective View of portions of one thill and cross-bar, showing mythill-irons attached on the under side after the usual manner. Fig. II is a longitudinal vertical section of the thill shown in Fig. l, the line of juncture of the cross-bar with the thill being indicated by dotted lines in the drawings. Fig. III is a perspective view of my thill-irons detached No model.)

from the shaft, but assembled as in use thereon.

Referring to the figures on the drawings, l indicates, by Way of example of any ordinary or suitable thill, an ordinary wooden shaft, to which is secured, as by the usual tongue 2, (illustrated in Fig. IL) the cross-bar 3, that unites a pair of shafts and carries the singletree.

4 indicates the rear portion of the iron strap that is affixed to the part of the shaft l that is usually curved and which terminates in a coupling-eye 5. minal portion of the strap. In the ordinary thill-iron the straps i and G are continuous, and from them proceed the cross-bar 3. This tongue in devices heretofore used is either made integral with the strap or overlaps and is secured to the continuous strap.

B y my invention the strap 4 and its forward portion G are, as described and illustrated, two separate pieces, Whose opposing ends 7 and 8, respectively, are fitted snugly within terminal sockets in the cross-head 9 of a T- iron, Whose tongue l0 extends underneath the cross-bar 3. The inner faces of the straps 4 and G are Hush With the surfaces of the T-iron, composed of the cross-head 9 and tongue 10, and the respective surfaces of the straps and T-iron lie fiat and smooth against the faces of the thill and cross-bar, to which they are respectively secured, as by any required num ber of bolts ll.

In practice the straps I and 6 are fitted to the T-iron and then tothe thill and crossbar, which are bored to receive the bolts 1l, by which the several parts are united, as described and illustrated.

It is important in practice that the several parts of the thill-irons should be immovably united one to the other in order that each part may afford a firm union with the thill and cross-bar and that each part may afford a secure anchorage against the movement of any other part. It is for that reason that a firm union of the T-iron with the straps is provided and that a suflicient number of bolts is employed to secure thc requisite stability of the several parts.

The T-iron may be made of any suitable material, preferably of malleable iron, that G indicates the forward ter- Y IOO may be struck by a die or otherwise formed into required shape. made to a standard size, one may be substi- Oonsequ en tly, being tut-ed for another in repair jobs by merely loosening thenuts l2 of certain of the bolts 11, applying the new piece, and bolting itin place. It is noteven necessary to remove all of the nuts 12, `but only so many as will permit the removal of the part to be renewed.

The new part may be secured Without dis-` turbing the position of the bolts, and all may be eected Without the application of heat, as Was suggested in the general statement of invention. l f What'I claim is- 1. The combination with a thill and crossbar, of thill-irons consisting of a pair of straps secured to the thill and separated from each other, an intermediate T-iron Whose cross-l head is provided with terminal sockets fitting the ends of said straps, and a tongue projectprising a cross-head having terminal sockets, and a tongue project-ing therefrom, the socketsl being terminally defined and separated bythe metal of the cross-head, Whose surface is in the same plane with the tongue.

In testimony of al1 Which I- have hereunto subscribed my name.

EDSON R. BEAMER.

Witnesses:

HERBERT CLARK, v MYRoN MCNEIL. 

